Microsoft employees have started to use ‘Modern UI Style’ to refer to the Windows 8 ‘Metro style’ user interface. Microsoft employees have started to use ‘Modern UI Style’ to refer to the Windows 8 ...

Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, ...

Microsoft has been using the “Metro” name to describe the new geometric, typography-heavy look-and-feel that is central to Windows 8—and is spreading across the company’s entire range of products—ever ...

"Metro" is the term for apps running on Windows 8/ARM. But what does it mean in terms of design? The term "Metro style" is a little ambiguous, as it refers both to a Windows Runtime (WinRT) ...

There’s a lot of buzz around Microsoft’s decision to change the name of its tile-based design in Windows 8. Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a writer, ...

Well, Microsoft is having quite the week, aren't they? First they hit the Release to Manufacturing state for Windows 8, meaning that is is finished and shipped off for mass duplication. Then, just ...

As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface–those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to programs and live widgets reporting data from those ...

Ever since we heard the first rumors about Microsoft dropping the “Metro” moniker for its new touch interface and its app, there has been a lot of confusion about what the new interface should be ...

Mozilla has moved one step closer to its goal of delivering a “Metro style enabled browser.” In a status update earlier today, Mozilla’s Brian R. Bondy announced that his team had produced a "="">: As ...

The new Metro user interface ushered in with Windows 8 takes its lead from Windows Phoneand is designed to make life much easier on a tablet or desktop touchscreen. Using the old faithful keyboard and ...

Metro UI Tweaker Tool is a freeware tool, designed to tweak a few settings that are unavailable to users in Windows 8. Onfirst run the program will generate a folder in your Windows Directory labeled ...